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Henry Martyn Leland (February 16, 1843 – March 26, 1932) was an American machinist, inventor, engineer, and automotive entrepreneur. He founded the two premier American luxury automotive marques , Cadillac and Lincoln .
Leland sold Cadillac to General Motors in 1909, but remained an executive until 1917. He would leave GM after a disagreement with William C. Durant, a noted pacifist, who refused a request from the U.S. Government to produce aircraft engines for WWI.
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Inducted in 2011. Born Feb. 16, 1843 - Died March 26, 1932. Henry M. Leland was an inventor, machinist, engineer, and automotive entrepreneur who not only founded two leading American automobile luxury brands, Cadillac and Lincoln, but also introduced to Detroit the concept of interchangeable parts for automobiles.
Nov 10, 2022 · Cadillac Demonstrates Interchangeable Parts Summary. Last updated on November 10, 2022. Henry M. Leland, a master of precision techniques, introduced automobile manufacturers to the use of interchangeable parts, providing a key element necessary to the implementation of mass production. Summary of Event.
Leland, Henry M. Henry Martyn Leland, founder of Cadillac and Lincoln car companies, brought precision engineering to the automobile business. Born in Barton, Vermont in 1843, he gained machine knowledge working with farm equipment and learned the firearms trade working at Colt before the Civil War.
Mar 5, 2008 · It was Cadillac, founded in 1902 by Henry Leland, that achieved that standard first, proving the feat at Brooklands, which won Cadillac the Dewar Trophy, given by the Royal Automobile Club...
Oct 16, 2019 · Henry Leland founded the two surviving American luxury car companies, Cadillac and Lincoln, both now more than a century old, yet outside of some automotive history buffs, he’s generally unknown—not even honored by the companies he started. How did this happen to someone who was arguably the most respected of Detroit’s automotive pioneers?